This year, Dr Gail Forey and Prof. Teng Jin-guang received President's Awards for Excellent Performance/Achievement in Teaching (Individual) and Research and Scholarly Activities (Individual), respectively. Thirty-three staff members were also presented Faculty/School Awards for Outstanding Performance/Achievement in recognition of their outstanding achievements in research and scholarly activities as well as overall contribution.
Associate Professor of Department of English
Dr Gail Forey, a long-serving member of ENGL, contributes significantly to teaching and programme management as well as research. As a programme leader, she has energetically ensured that her programme is research based and community oriented. She is also a knowledgeable and committed lecturer with a great capacity for making students enthusiastic about learning. Dr Forey's class is considered interesting and engaging, as reflected by feedback she receives from students. Under her facilitation and leadership, students have sufficient room for developing and unleashing their talent in their projects.
Apart from classroom teaching and dissertation supervision, Dr Forey is highly engaged in curriculum/subject design and teaching-related projects. She leads educational linguistic research, publishes and presents conference papers in various areas of applied linguistics. Not only a committed teacher, she is also a creative and productive researcher.
Chair Professor of Structural Engineering and Director of the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development
Prof. Teng Jin-guang is widely recognized as the leading scholar in fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites for construction and the leading founder of the theory of FRP-strengthened concrete structures.
Throughout his 30-year research career, Prof. Teng has published his own book, 2 edited books and 173 papers in Science Citation Index (SCI) journals, attracting over 4,800 citations and leading to a H-index of 36. He also has an impressive record of accomplishments in research, with the financial support he has received from leading funding bodies totalling about $20 million.
His solid reputation in the field has made Prof. Teng widely sought after by international journals and professional organizations alike. He was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences in 2014. This year, he was further elected Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters. Among his many studies, "Behaviour and design of concrete structures strengthened with advanced Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites" brought him the prestigious State Natural Science Award of China (Second Class) in 2013. ♦
